Posted at 11:37 a.m., Thursday, June 6, 2002
Firm receives sunburn patent
Advertiser Staff
Cyanotech Corp. said today it received a patent for the sunburn preventing properties of astaxanthin. The patent covers the use of astaxanthin as a ingredient to retard and prevent sunburn in both oral and topical applications.Cyanotech, based in Kailua on the Big Island, produces natural astaxanthin for its BioAstin dietary supplements. The company says a human clinical evaluation showed that consuming BioAstin natural astaxanthin for two weeks significantly increases the duration of ultraviolet light exposure required to create sunburn.
This is the third United States patent Cyanotech has received for the protective properties of astaxanthin.
